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At an Oct. 15 performance in Hiroshima, Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich (left) plays a piano that survived the atomic bombing of the city. She is accompanied by Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino. In the right foreground is a digital piano developed to reproduce the notes of the famous piano.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2025

Digitized sounds unveiled of piano that survived atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Concerns about the aging piano's fragility prompted the creation of a project to make a digital recording of its 88 keys recorded at six volume levels.
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 17, 2025

Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency

It may be adequate for some residents’ purposes, but when the chips are down, many will be shocked at just how few protections it offers.
U.S. Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, the leader of U.S. military forces in Latin America, said he will step down at the end of this year, two years ahead of schedule.
WORLD
Oct 17, 2025

In surprise move, head of U.S. military for Latin America to step down

Adm. Alvin Holsey said on social media platform X he would retire on Dec. 12, but did not give a reason.
Past visits by top Japanese leaders to Yasukuni Shrine, which also honors convicted war criminals, have infuriated China and South Korea, and no prime minister has visited since 2013.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2025

Takaichi sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine but will not visit

Top Japanese leaders visiting the shrine also honoring convicted war criminals have infuriated China and South Korea in the past, and no prime minister has visited since 2013.
The Slussen transport hub in Stockholm. Nordic and Baltic governments are increasingly concerned about Russian "hybrid war” attacks — low-level but highly disruptive tactics that disrupt infrastructure and services.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2025

Sweden's cashless society could be more vulnerable to hybrid war attacks

With 90% of transactions in the country being done digitally, cyberattacks that couple with psychological operations can spark widespread panic.
Swan & Lion's Sunday roast, which is drenched in a red wine gravy, is part of a three-course meal.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Oct 17, 2025

Tokyo's best Sunday roasts and all their trimmings

Bathed in rich gravy and paired with scrumptious Yorkshire puddings, the classic British dish is perfect for a languorous lunch — or dinner.
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 18, 2025

What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?

The book town's residents weigh in on their home topping Time Out magazine's “coolest neighborhoods” list.
Japan has made several exceptions to its arms export rules in recent years as part of a broader retreat from the pacifist stance it adopted after its defeat in World War II.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2025

Kawasaki Heavy in talks to develop engines for Germany's Taurus missiles

The involvement of a Japanese partner could complicate matters due to Tokyo's ban on transfers of weapons to countries in conflict.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war and securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Oct. 13.
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2025

Trump’s Middle East breakthrough may prove fragile

Hamas is unlikely to give up its weapons. Its existence is predicated on armed resistance to the Jewish state and disarmed it will be prey to its enemies among the Palestinians.
Komeito chief representative Tetsuo Saito speaks during a debate with leaders of other political parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo in July. His party exited the ruling coalition with the ruling-LDP after 26 years, citing concerns over political donations and transparency.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 17, 2025

Is Komeito’s split with the LDP really about political funding?

Was Komeito negotiating in good faith or looking to undermine the Takaichi administration before it even commenced?
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025

Trump tells Russia and Ukraine to stop the war ‘at the battle line’

The U.S. leader urged both sides to "make a deal," and refused to give Ukraine the long-range missiles it wanted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia Today editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan attend an event at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025

Putin's Budapest visit makes awkward spectacle for EU and NATO

The planned meeting is a symbolic blow to the EU and NATO, as they have sought to isolate the Russian leader as a war criminal.
Hamas senior official Mohammed Nazzal speaks during an interview in Doha on Wednesday
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025

Hamas aims to keep grip on Gaza security and can't commit to disarm, senior official says

These views are not new, but the timing of Mohammed Nazzal's comments reflect the difficulties of finding a path to end the war in Gaza.
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2025

Bolton faces tougher defense than other Trump foes charged with crimes

However, legal experts say the former U.S. national security advisor has several options for mounting a defense.
International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 18, 2025

U.S. sinks international deal on decarbonizing ships

Increased divisions, notably between oil-producing nations and non-oil producers, emerged this week at meetings leading up to Friday's vote.
Crews use excavators to search for bodies in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025

U.N. aid chief foresees 'massive job' ahead on tour of ruined Gaza

The densely packed cities of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million Palestinians, have been reduced to ruins by two years of bombardment and intense fighting.
People participate in a "No Kings" national day of protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025

'No Kings' protesters emerge en masse for anti-Trump rallies

Organizers said 7 million people marched in protests spanning New York to Los Angeles, with demonstrations popping up in small cities across the U.S. heartland.
Pakistan Army's ceremonial guards perform during the funeral ceremony of a paramilitary personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) who was killed during the Afghanistan-Pakistan border clashes, in Kohat, Pakistan, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to 'immediate ceasefire' in Qatar talks

Security sources in Islamabad said earlier strikes in Afghan border areas targeted a militant group linked to the Pakistani Taliban.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) at the G20 summit in Brazil in 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025

Starmer’s China woes mean an ‘unwieldy mess’ just got messier

The collapse of a high-profile espionage trial has thrust U.K.-China relations firmly into the spotlight.
Beijing claims to have "irrefutable evidence” of cyber attacks by the U.S. on a Chinese government agency.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2025

China says it found evidence of U.S. cyber attack on state agency

The accusations follow repeated allegations from the of West of Chinese cyberattacks on their computer systems.
Flags fly near a banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump during a "No Kings" protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's policies, in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025

As 'No Kings' protests decry Trump, surveillance worries emerge

The Trump administration has declined to share details about how officials typically monitor demonstrators.
Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in his appeal trial in the so-called Bygmalion case at a courthouse in Paris in February 2024. The former French president will serve jail time at a Paris prison after a court last month sentenced him to five years behind bars for criminal conspiracy.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025

Ex-French President Sarkozy says 'not afraid' ahead of jail term

Sarkozy, who led France from 2007 to 2012, was found guilty of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his successful 2007 presidential bid from Libya.
South Korean soldiers stand guard at the Joint Security Area in the DMZ border village of Panmunjom in March 2023.
WORLD
Oct 19, 2025

Seoul says North Korean soldier who crossed land border seeking to defect

Last year, 236 North Koreans arrived in the South, with women accounting for 88% of the total.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

Trump urged Zelenskyy to make concessions to Russia in tense meeting

Trump also mused about giving security guarantees to both Kyiv and Moscow, comments that the Ukrainian delegation found confusing, sources said.
Kuomintang supporters attend a rally in Taipei in July. Cheng Li-wun won a vote to become the leader of the KMT on Saturday, according to a statement by the party.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

China-leaning politician wins to lead Taiwan opposition Kuomintang

Cheng Li-wun won 50.2% of votes, according to a statement by the Kuomintang, beating five other candidates. She is the third woman to lead the party.
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2025

Israel says halting Gaza strikes after accusing Hamas of violating truce

An Israeli security official also said the country was suspending the entry of aid into Gaza due to ceasefire violations.
A visitor makes his way to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on the first day of its annual autumn festival on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

Takaichi skips Yasukuni visit during autumn festival

With a vote on the next prime minister set for Tuesday, the new LDP president apparently took into account the possibility that any visit could adversely impact foreign affairs.
Ambassadors for French cosmetics group L'Oreal at the end of a show during Paris Fashion Week on Sept. 29. L'Oreal is set to acquire Kering's fragrance line Creed, as well as rights to develop fragrance and beauty products under Kering's fashion labels under a 50-year exclusive license.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2025

Kering to sell beauty unit to L'Oreal for $4.66 billion to cut debt, refocus on fashion

New Kering CEO Luca de Meo is moving to refocus the luxury group on its core fashion business.
An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa), a vessel being investigated by French authorities and suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade, off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France, on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

EU seeks maritime declaration to inspect Russia's 'shadow fleet'

Beefing up inspection rights is the latest EU proposal aimed at curbing Russian oil and gas revenue being used by Moscow to finance its war in Ukraine.
People take part in a demonstration at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday, calling for the release of all the bodies of hostages held in Gaza by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2025

Relatives of Gaza hostages recount dire conditions in captivity

One former hostage's mother said her son had been flogged and beaten between April and July "with objects I won't even mention."
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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